The Cancer Diaries, Part 21
Hot flashes are becoming more frequent, but I was warned they would be thus in the latter part of the treatment. I’m about halfway through the first stage of the…
December 2020
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – John Klein points out how Doug Ford’s combination of abject failure and laughable deflection in response to the avoidable spread of COVID-19…
further to rebecca solnit: angry men attack me online
I recently completed three booklists for library customers, part of a system-wide readers’ advisory project. The lists use good gender balance, and a strong representation of people of colour and…
Christmas 2020
It’s been a dark year. And the weeks following Christmas will be filled with more death and — for many — desperation. A principal I worked with, who is a…
My favorite Christmas videos
Here are some of my favorite “Christmas” videos, the ones I listen to every year around this time: This one is from one of the oddest Christmas specials ever: Here’s…
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I wonder why? The problem isn’t that he used to be a drama teacher. The problem is that he’s Prime Minister and still a drama teacher. #cdnpoli — Warren Kinsella…
Plague Update: Ford’s Failings Match Every Conservative Province
Like many Conservative run provinces, Ontario is facing a slow motion disaster in the second wave. The stalwart “Resistance” Premiers, opposed to a carbon tax, also show their disdain for…
Statement on the LPAT Decision to Dismiss the Appeals Related to Planning Act Decisions for the Kingsway Entertainment District
Obviously, I am very disappointed with the decision. I believe that the appellants raised serious and significant issues related to public policy as expressed by the unwavering direction that the…
Statement on the LPAT Decision to Dismiss the Appeals Related to Planning Act Decisions for the Kingsway Entertainment District
Obviously, I am very disappointed with the decision. I believe that the appellants raised serious and significant issues related to public policy as expressed by the unwavering direction that the…
The ballad of the headless elf
Bloggers note: This is a reprint – or whatever you call this – of a column I wrote a couple of years back for Edmonton Prime Times. I liked it,…
My Top Five Worst and Best Politicos – on Sun Media!
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Statement on the LPAT Decision to Dismiss the Appeals Related to Planning Act Decisions for the Kingsway Entertainment District
Obviously, I am very disappointed with the decision. I believe that the appellants raised serious and significant issues related to public policy as expressed by the unwavering direction that the…
Conservatives and the working class
During the 2019 provincial election UCP leader Jason Kenney rambled about Alberta in a big blue pickup truck for all the world like a toiler in the oil fields. The…
In appreciation of Leo Panitch
Leo Panitch (1945-2020), Professor Emeritus at York University in Toronto. Photo courtesy of Socialist Register. The sudden death our friend and comrade Leo Panitch has led to an extraordinary outpouring…
Coming Soon – How to Fix the World
What a great present, full online access to the MIT Technology Review year-ender magazine, “The Long Term Issue.” A glance through the index page produced a bevy of terrific articles…
Before He Leaves
Those who know Donald Trump predicted that, as his time in office came to an end, he would issue pardons “like Christmas cards.” Yesterday, the Christmas rush began. Maggie Haberman…
Today’s policy question
“Letting into Canada many more planes carrying passengers possibly infected with the virus than planes carrying vaccines to prevent the virus. Is that bad public policy? Hmm.” #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/JyFKxcCLLt —…
Covid Journal, December 23, 2020
Arbitrary rules and inconsistent application of lockdown requirements will just fuel people’s thoughts about favouratism and anxiety related to the ‘do as we say, not as we do’ leadership of…
When it comes to COVID-19, our premier talks like Churchill but walks like Chamberlain
Alberta’s efforts to respond to the coronavirus pandemic with Jason Kenney in the driver’s seat are a lot like stand–up comedian Billy Connolly’s iconic routine about union negotiations, only without…